Joseph Tomelty

An uptight leather-clad alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect its men as breeding stock.

Directed by David Lean and written by Terence Rattigan, The Sound Barrier is about the men who challenged the speed of sound, told from the viewpoint of central character, Sir John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson). The oil tycoon and aircraft constructor is determined to manufacture a supersonic jet that will travel faster than the speed of sound.